@delstack in-state you’re very likely. OOS, you’re similar to a large quantity of applicants. Your chances are alright, but you want to make sure you nail the application and make them feel they need YOU.
Thank you. I appreciate the insight.
*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):
[ *] ACT: 34 E:36 R:36 M:34 S:31
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): APUSH (5). AP psych, lit, enviro, macro, micro
senior year: calc ab, stats, gov, lang
[ *] Rank: 17/408
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 3 year varsity, varsity captian, lots of community service, paid research intern @hospital, Deca district and state awards, Spanish club
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: Ohio
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Other Factors/questions: thanks for the feedback!
[li] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Ross (if not, LSA)[/li][ *] ACT: 32 E: 36 M: 31 R: 32 S: 29
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.98
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 7 Total AP tests, 6 AP Classes. World (5, no class), Lang (5), APUSH (5), Macro, Gov., Lit, Spanish, Calc AB
[ *] Rank: No rank. Probably top 5-10%
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Mentoring/tutoring club - 3 hours of community service each week (all 4 years) // Student Council (officer senior year, 4 years) // Young Entrepreneurs (2 years) // Best Buddies (2 years) // I began sports writing as a hobby my Freshman year. I became co-owner of an NBA website and helped manage/edit/hire/design site and we got 1.6 million views in two years. Now I’m currently a writer at a popular sports website that is a sub of 5th most popular sports website Fansided. This is arguably the most interesting part of my app
[ *] Essays: It’s about how I began writing and where I’ve gone
[ *] Teacher Recs: AP Lang teacher, knows me well and liked me. 9/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: 8.5/10
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Father and aunt went to Michigan
[ *) Location/Person: Illinois
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
Thank you in advance for your feedback. Go Blue!
Was that bio publication in a peer-reviewed journal?
Will be applying early action for class of 2021! Please chance me:)
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: not planning on sending but only 1360 
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 32C (35E, 33M, 30R, 28S)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.833
[ *] Rank: top 3%
[ *] Other stats: 4.33W GPA, 9 APs (psych, us history, micro, macro, bio, physics, chemistry, lang, calc bc), AP Scholar with Distinction, 4 “honors” classes, 3 “advanced” classes
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Sports
(Varsity cross country 6th-12th grade, danced for 13 years, played soccer/basketball, ran Track freshman year)
-Clubs
(NHS 11-12, HOSA competitor 10-12, mock trial 9-10 then realized I didn’t want to be a lawyer!)
-Leadership positions
(Cross country captain, leadership team for high school and middle school youth groups for my church for 3 years)
-Employment
(Lifeguard for a year, current waitress, tutoring for pay 10+ hrs a week all throughout HS, babysit kids over the summer)
-Volunteering
(Hospital volunteer and shadow, MAJOR volunteer project done by myself to help cancer patients in hospitals, another BIG project done for a community 5k to help raise money for people in need around the city, ~150+ hrs misc. through church, soup kitchens, humane society, friends, etc)
-Extra
(Know a little bit of ASL, can read braille, play piano for a few years, Michigan math prize competitor)
[ *] Essays: 8.5/10. I’m a decent writer when I try hard enough and I’ll have GREAT editors
[ *] Teacher Recs: 9/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: 7/10?? Knows me pretty well… I think
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): both of parents went to UofM Dearborn and two of my siblings went to Ann Arbor but I doubt any of that matters haha
[ *) Location/Person: 30 mins away from Ann Arbor
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: 4 year public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I’m planning on going into premed and I’m worried that my 28 on the science section of the ACT will look too weak.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: My parents won’t be paying for my college costs at all:/ Do you think I could get any good scholarship money? Applying Early Action
Which subjects did you earn your highest grades in?
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 1400
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):not taken yet
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.4 ( i know it’s very low but this is mainly because of my freshman year when I did not try at all, so big improvement since then)
[ *] Rank: top 10% ( not sure, school doesn’t give out that information
[ *] AP: Lang (5), Psychology (4), Seminar (4), Spanish lang (4)
Senior Course load: AP politics and gov, AP research, AP english lit, AP micro, spanish culture acc, global stewardship acc
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): ECs: MUN (head), debate club ( founder and head), colwell scholars, NHS, dorm council, student proctor, lacrosse 9-10th grade and field hockey 10th grade
Community service: 200+ hours volunteering at a history museum and racial justice organization this summer
Jobs: worked at a law firm last summer
Major awards: some MUN stuff and AP Scholar with honor
[ *] Essays: I’ve been told good
[ *] Teacher Recs: should be good ap english and spanish teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: good, she is also my dorm proctor
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): URM
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Vermont (international student, from Bermuda)
[ *] School Type: Boarding
[ *] Ethnicity: black
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA is definitely weak… I also am not the most overall sharp student, like I’m god with social studies, languages and english but average with math and okay with science
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Can you guys chance me? I know my GPA is definitely subpar but I’m hoping that it won’t completely wreck my chances.
@Kelsey01 Nothing really stands out as a red flag on your application, but take my words with a grain of salt. I’m not an admissions officer and just a recent alum lol. I used to review applications for admissions to a high school summer camp at U of M, but that’s completely different from actual admissions.You might want to work on that science section and take the ACT again if there is a bit more time, but you should take it again ONLY if you feel absolutely confident that you can do better. Nothing wrong with trying to improve at all, but if your science/math grades at school are strong (like if you took honors/AP Chem, Bio, etc), Michigan might be understanding of that one bad subscore. Everyone has an off day at the office, and the ACT is just one of the many things they look at when they pick applicants. Although I’m from out of state, I do recall most of the kids from in-state at Michigan being in the top 10% of their class, so you do fit the bill there. You didn’t just study, and did lots of volunteering, had a job, displayed leadership (or whatever they call it) and what not, so you do check all the boxes that are required for admissions at Michigan. Essays and teacher recommendations are subjective and a complete mystery in and of itself, so… I can’t really give you much there.
Also, that legacy definitely helps when it comes to admissions. I don’t exactly know how it works, but Michigan does look upon favorably at children of alumni. It also doesn’t hurt if your parents donated to Michigan consistently over the years, but if they didn’t it won’t count against you. As for scholarships, their need-based grant package is mediocre at best, so applying to outside scholarships would be great. Michigan also has a massive endowment fund from rich/private donors, and if you apply early, you are automatically eligible for those without doing anything else to your application. Michigan sorts out the Early Acceptance students and dishes out scholarships to those people, but these scholarships are super hard to get, and most of them are for only a few thousand dollars, so don’t bank on it.
As for your pre-med ambitions, Michigan doesn’t really consider your interested field when it comes to reviewing your application. That 28 science you have as a potential pre-med student looks exactly the same as that 28 a potential pre-law student has as long as both of you applied to LS&A. Plus, you enter Michigan without a declared major, and can pretty much study whatever you want, however you want. They wipe the slate clean when you come in, so don’t feel like you’re under any additional pressure because you want to go into medicine. You’ll have plenty of time to worry about med school once you get into college.
Early Action 2021
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 1320 (ACT equivalent is 28)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 1370 (ACT equivalent is a 29)
[ *] ACT: Will be taking the ACT for the first time in September
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.65
[ *] Rank: dchool does not report
[ *] Other stats: 3.9 weighted GPA, 6 IB classes per semester for junior year (& upcoming senior year). 6 honors classes per semester, every semester in 9th and 10th grade .
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
- 50 hours of community service through a variety of different events/causes
- Tutored elementary school students for about 30 hours this winter (unpaid)
- Economics Club
- 2 time state finalist of the National Economics Challenge
- Finished in top 30% (roughly top 700 out off 2300+ teams) of “The Stock Market Game” two years in a row
- Spanish Club
- Model UN
- Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD Club)
- Soccer Club (an after school club at school)
- Basketball Club (an after school club at school)
- AYSO Soccer (12 years)
- Competitive club baseball (9 years)
- National Junior Honor Society
- 7th and 8th grade middle school basketball teams
- 7th grade football team
- 4th and 5th grade Science Olympiad teams (district gold medalist in multiple events, both years)
[ *] Essays: 8/10.
[ *] Teacher Recs: 9/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: In-state (Macomb, MI)
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: 4 year public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Major strength/weakness: Really low GPA because I attended the International Academy of Macomb where you must take 6 honors classes per semester for the first 2 years and 6 IB classes per semester the last two years
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Attending this high school also could be a positive because it was ranked the second best high school in Michigan and the 12th best HS in the nation by USNews (hopefully this somewhat makes up for my extremely low GPA)
I know it’s not looking good for me as both my GPA and ACT are below average and that makes it nearly impossible to get in; however, I’m hoping to gauge if my high school’s prestige and my large load of IB/honors classes will help me and to what extent. Thank you!
I’ll be applying early action for 2021 (: I’m not stressed tho haha
[ *] College: Nursing
[ *] SAT: 1510, retaking it in October
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): I took some, but they sucked (didnt study, was sick). Should I send a 700 math? or retake it? or not send anything.
[ *] ACT: 31, not sending, I hated that test
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6
[ *] Rank: no rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): volunteer at hospital, president of rotary club, varsity cross country, water polo, swim, track
[ *] Essays: not done yet, but i can write well
[ *] Teacher Recs: will be decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: will be ok
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): dad and grandpa went to ann arbor
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: private prep school
[ *] Ethnicity: mexican
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: my GPA is weak because of freshman year, but my course load was mainly honors and AP classes. (weighted GPA 4.23)
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
@fishfish123 Thank you so beyond much for your input and response! That was insanely helpful 
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA, EA
[ *] SAT: Not sending
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): n/a
[ *] ACT: 31 C: 34 E, 31 M, 29 R, 31 S…Writing 29
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.767 (weighted hs gpa 4.2)
[ *] Rank: N/a at my school, top 10% though
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP courses, honors whenever possible
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Eagle Scout (Troop’s Senior Patrol Leader, etc), All-State trumpet, marching band section leader, NHS, co-President of Gentlemen’s club, work at car dealership, volunteer program for mentally and physically challenged adults
[ *] Essays: I’m a good writer, should be good hopefully
[ *] Teacher Recs: Will be good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): All-State trumpet player?
[ *) Location/Person: OOS
[ *] State or Country: Iowa
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Got one C in incredibly hard math class soph year, but came back and got A in honors pre-calc junior year, maybe the growth helps
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Let me know if I missed anything
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 800M/660CR/800W
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 1500, not sending it
[ *] ACT: 35M/36R/35E/34S, 35 Composite
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t report
[ *] Other stats: 11 AP classes, I took 6 already and I got 5 5’s, a 4, and a 3 (got an extra 5 becuae physics c is two tests)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Robotics club, I’m Director of Programming
Code club, President for 3 years
Math, science, french, and national honors society
LOTS of tutoring for honors society and from outside tutoring places
Volunteer at my county’s hospital
Fencing, varsity for 2 years
Chemistry Olympics (a state competition) gold medal in 2015, and team captain for 3 years
Ben Carson Scholar
Finalist in some fencing tournaments
[ *] Essays: i don’t really know I think a 5/10 at worst but probably a 7 or 8/10
[ *] Teacher Recs: im thinking between 6 and 8/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: I don’t know it could be anywhere
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: OOS
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: good test scores and I think decent ECs and awards, I think my weaknesses will be my essays or recs
[ *] Other Factors/questions: chance me pls! Also how much financial aid (merit scholarship wise) would I hopefully get with my stats?
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT:
2370 - 770 M/800 W/800 CR (January)
2210 - 800 M/690 W/720 CR (December)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 800 Math 2 & 800 Physics
[ *] ACT: 33 (Not planning on sending)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.96 (4.00 9th, 3.93 10th, 3.95 11th)
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: Strong courseload, hardest possible classes freshman and sophomore year. 4 AP classes junior year, and 3 AP one college course senior year. 5s on everything except Bio.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Awards:
9th Went to the Odyssey of the Mind International Finals
9th & 10th 2nd Place in the State Level in Math Kangaroo
10th HackExeter 24 Hour Hackathon
11th Rensselaer Medal Award
11th Capitol Area Math League 1st Place Team
11th Social Media Award at the Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit
11th Top 15 Companies Nationally for Junior Achievment
Extracurriculars
FTC Robotics Team (4 Years) President 12th, Treasurer 11th
National Honors Society (2 Years) Chair of Fundraising Committee 11th, Treasurer 12th
Math Team (2 years)
Junior Achievement (1 Year) Vice President of Finance 11th
Hindu Sunday School (9 Years) Went as a kid as a student, now help teach and help coordinate volunteer activities. Ex: Donate ~200 lbs of food to food pantry twice every year.
[ *] Essays: Good, not great (yet).
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good, not great.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: Public, STEM focused magnet school
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian.
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Not too sure.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
– DEMOGRAPHICS –
State: CA
Gender: Female
Race: White
School: Public
– TESTING –
ACT #1: 32C, 33E, 29M, 36R, 30S, 28W
ACT #2: 32C, 35E, 35M, 33R, 26S, 20W
ACT SS: 34C, 35E, 35M, 36R, 30S
SAT Subject Test US History: 760
AP European History: 4
AP Psychology: 5
AP English Language & Composition: 5
AP US History: 5
– RANK –
Unweighted: 11/522 (Top 3%)
Weighted: 17/522 (Top 4%)
– GPA –
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
Weighted GPA: 4.33
Unweighted Core Subject GPA: 3.94
Weighted Core Subject GPA: 4.39
High School Transcript Unweighted GPA: 3.94
High School Transcript Weighted GPA: 4.22
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.91
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27
UC Uncapped Weighted GPA: 4.36
Note: My high school calculates the GPA based on UC a-g courses and UC honors bumps, although for grades 9-11 instead of 10-11.
– GRADES –
Freshman (12 A’s): 1 Honors, 2 PreAP, 1 CP, 1 Standard, 1 Sport
Sophomore (12 A’s): 1 AP, 1 Honors, 1 PreAP, 2 CP, 1 Sport
Junior (10 A’s, 2 B’s): 4 AP, 2 CP
– SENIOR YEAR CLASSES –
AP Calculus AB
AP English Literature
AP Government – ½ semester
AP Macroeconomics – ½ semester
AP Spanish Language
AP Statistics
AP Studio Art 2-D Design – need to take an Art in order to graduate
– EXTRACURRICULAR –
Club Soccer (ages 8-15)
JV Soccer (9-10)
Youth & Government (11-12)
National Honors Society (10)
Student Research Intern at Major Research University (summer after grade 11)
Math Tutor (11-12)
Babysit/Chauffeur/Feed 5 Siblings (9-12)
– AWARDS –
Principal’s Honor Roll (9-11)
Scholar Athlete (9-10)
Captain Award (10)
Ivy Chain (11)
AP Scholar with Honors
– MAJORS –
Would like to double major in:
Philosophy
AND
Mathematics/Statistics/Data Science
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (hopefully double major in economics and biology)
[ *] SAT: 2190 (CR: 720, M: 740; W: 730); superscore is 2250 (CR: 770; M: 750; W: 730)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Will take them on October 1
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Around a 3.8 UW; 4.5 W
[ *] Rank: As of the end first semester last year, I am rank 36/822
[ *] Other stats: 1480 PSAT; AP Scores: Chinese Language (5), Psychology (4), English Language (5), Statistics (4), US History (4)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Extracurriculars: FBLA Executive VP (I’ve been an officer since freshman year), past TX Area 5 Reporter-Historian, member of the TX FBLA Reporter-Historian’s council, NCHS President (since sophomore year), Chinese Club Founder and President (since junior year), NHS member
Awards: FBLA TX Area 5 1st Place in Digital Video Production, 2nd Place in E-Business; FBLA TX State 1st Place in E-Business, 2nd Place in Scrapbook; FBLA Nationals 4th Place in E-Business
[ *] Essays: I think they’re looking pretty good right now. I’ll have to see.
[ *] Teacher Recs: The teachers that I’m asking really like me, so I have high hopes. I’ve also known them since freshman year since they’re also my organization advisers.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I know the counselor better than most people in my grade, so again: high hopes. She also needs to write my rec. letter for National Merit so I can pray, I guess. Most people never really meet the counselor except for when they’re choosing classes.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): I’m a first generation American? That’s basically it.
[ *) Location/Person: OOS
[ *] State or Country: Texas
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I’ve taken a bunch of AP courses at my school. I’m going to be taking around 9 this school year. I also feel like my rec. letters will be pretty good. My weakness is that I’m pretty terrible at math. RIP.
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 1370
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 31 C 33 E 29 M 33 R 28 S
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.833
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] Other stats: 4.16W GPA, 7 APs (Lang and comp, Lit and comp, Calc, Gov, Bio, Chem, Econ), AP Scholar award, took all honors courses offered
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Sports
Varsity swimming (9th to 12th grade)
-Clubs
none
-Leadership positions
None
-Employment
Lifeguarded over the summer
-Volunteering
( Tutored a 3rd grader in math for 14 weeks, volunteered at varios smaller events, helped run middle school swim meets)
-Extra
was awarded most improved my sophmore year of swimming
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great, one of them was written by UM alumni
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): dad graduated from UM ann arbor COE
[ *) Location/Person: 1 and a half away from ann arbor
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: 4 year public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: I want to be an aerospace engineer but im afraid my act score is too low, i know the COE is very competitive
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Will my legacy connection help me very much?
@JK2017 UMich CoE would be a low reach for you even from in state. Try to bring up your score and GPA for a better chance.
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (Economics), and Ross PA
[ *] ACT: 34 composite
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Around 3.78 GPA (4.27 weighted on transcript (lots of honors/aps))
[ *] Rank: Not at my school, but around top 10% i would guess
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Eagle Scout, All State trumpet player
[ *] Essays: Will be really good hopefully! Lots of interest
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] State or Country: Iowa
[ *] School Type: Public, top 10 in my state…
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA a bit low…scared ha. But I challenged myself!
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I know out of state is sketchy…am I crazy to even try for Ross?!